The 1971 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1971, was the seventeenth
FIBA EuroBasket
EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the E ...
regional
basketball
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championship, held by
FIBA Europe
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Venues
First round
Group A – Essen
Group B – Böblingen
Knockout stage
Places 9 – 12 in Essen
Places 5 – 8 in Essen
Places 1 – 4 in Essen
Finals – all games in Essen
Final standings
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Awards
Team rosters
1. Soviet Union:
Sergei Belov
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is considered to be on ...
,
Alexander Belov,
Modestas Paulauskas,
Anatoly Polivoda,
Vladimir Andreev,
Priit Tomson,
Ivan Edeshko,
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov,
Zurab Sakandelidze,
Mikheil Korkia
Mikheil Korkia ( ka, მიხეილ ქორქია) (10 September 1948 – 7 February 2004) was a Georgian-Soviet basketball player who won gold
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,
Aleksander Boloshev,
Aleksei Tammiste (Coach:
Vladimir Kondrashin
Vladimir Petrovich Kondrashin (; 14 January 1929 in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, Soviet Union – 23 December 1999 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and Coach (basketball), coach. He was inducted ...
)
2. Yugoslavia:
Krešimir Ćosić
Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić (; 26 November 1948 – 25 May 1995) was a Croatian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He revolutionized basketball in Yugoslavia and was the first ...
,
Nikola Plećaš
Nikola Plećaš (born January 10, 1948) is a former Yugoslavian professional basketball player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
He was considered to be one of the greatest Europea ...
,
Aljoša Žorga,
Vinko Jelovac,
Ljubodrag Simonović,
Dragutin Čermak,
Borut Bassin,
Dragan Kapičić,
Blagoja Georgievski,
Žarko Knežević,
Dragiša Vučinić,
Davor Rukavina (Coach:
Ranko Žeravica
Ranko Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national ...
)
3. Italy:
Dino Meneghin,
Pierluigi Marzorati,
Massimo Masini,
Ivan Bisson,
Renzo Bariviera,
Carlo Recalcati,
Ottorino Flaborea,
Marino Zanatta
Marino Zanatta (born 8 February 1947) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2014, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Zanatta was a four time EuroLeague champion (1972, 1973, 1975, 197 ...
,
Giulio Iellini,
Giorgio Giomo,
Luigi Serafini,
Massimo Cosmelli
Massimo Cosmelli (born 6 August 1943) is a retired Italian basketball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1971 European Championships and finished fourth at the 1965 European Championships and eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Sum ...
(Coach:
Giancarlo Primo)
4. Poland:
Edward Jurkiewicz
Edward Jurkiewicz (born 22 January 1948 in Pruszcz Gdański, Poland) is a Polish former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he was a 1.95 m tall (6' 4") tall small forward. Jurkiewicz is considered to be one of t ...
,
Grzegorz Korcz,
Andrzej Seweryn
Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and Theatre director, director. Regarded as one of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France, and Germa ...
,
Jan Dolczewski,
Henryk Cegielski,
Marek Ladniak
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* Marek (given name)
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,
Jerzy Frolow,
Janusz Ceglinski,
Waldemar Kozak,
Miroslaw Kalinowski,
Eugeniusz Durejko,
Zbigniew Jedlinski (Coach:
Witold Zagórski)
References
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The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
1971–72 in European basketball
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